Real-time Automated Program for IDentification of VT Origin (RAPIDVTPilot)

This is an interventional treatment trial for Ventricular Tachycardia focused on measuring Catheter ablation, ECG imaging Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients will be eligible for inclusion if they fulfilled VANISH inclusion criteria by having both of:

  1. Prior myocardial infarction (pathological Q waves or imaging evidence of regional myocardial akinesis/thinning in the absence of a non-ischemic cause)38 and
  2. One of the following VT events within the last 6 months while on Amiodarone or another class III or class I antiarrhythmic drug:

A: Sustained monomorphic VT documented on 12-lead ECG or rhythm strip requiring termination by pharmacologic means or DC cardioversion, B: ≥3 episodes of symptomatic VT treated with anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP), C: ≥1 appropriate ICD shocks, D: ≥3 VT episodes within 24 hours, separated by ≥ 5 minutes, E: sustained VT below detection rate of an ICD

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients will be excluded from the trial if they:

  1. Are unable or unwilling to provide informed consent.
  2. Have active ischemia or another reversible cause of VT (e.g. drug-induced arrhythmia), or had recent acute coronary syndrome requiring revascularization.
  3. Are antiarrhythmic drug-naïve.
  4. Are known to have protruding left ventricular thrombus or mechanical aortic and mitral valves.
  5. Have had a prior catheter ablation procedure for VT.
  6. Are in renal failure (Creatinine clearance <15 mL/min)
  7. Have NYHA Functional class IV heart failure or CCS Functional class IV angina.
  8. Have had recent ST elevation myocardial infarction (< 1 month).
  9. Are pregnant or have a systemic illness likely to limit survival to <1 year.